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Get ready for a whole new type of online virtual world adventure on Poptropica. Enter the comic strip world of Big Nate – a wisecracking kid who holds the all-time record for detentions at this school. You’re on a mission to find a long-lost time capsule which, if found, can save the school from demolition. You’ll need help from Nate and his friends to complete your online virtual world quest!


Get ready for a whole new type of adventure on Poptropica. Enter the comic strip world of Big Nate – a wisecracking kid who holds the all-time record for detentions at his school. You’re on a mission to find a long-lost time capsule which, if found, can save the school from demolition. You’ll need help from Nate and his friends to complete your quest!
Discuss Big Nate Island here!
By: Hijuyo on February 12, 2009
at 5:50 pm
This site really helped me. Thanks sooo much!
By: Gabby on February 13, 2009
at 9:52 pm
I FINSHED BIG NATE!!!!!!!!!!!
By: Magic Storm on February 14, 2009
at 11:26 am
Big Nate is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
I finished I luv Poptropica!!!!!!
By: daily55555 on February 14, 2009
at 12:16 pm
I don’t understand the guide quite much, how do you get the stink bomb?
By: Angry Leopard on February 14, 2009
at 8:17 pm
You have to go to the science lab, and make one with the test tube-thingy. If you do yellow, blue,yellow.. it works really well.
By: Cool Bean on June 1, 2009
at 8:12 am
Angry Leopard: You have to go to the science lab. Click on the test tube or boiler. On the right, there will be test tube colors of blue, red, and yellow. Here are the steps to making the stink bomb:
1. Turn the boiler heat number to 4.
2. Fill the bottle halfway with blue liquid.
3. Pick up the yellow liquid and keep filling the bottle until your mouse becomes a swirl. The test-tube screen should disappear.
4. Nate should say ” A stink bomb! That’s real science!”, and you should recieve an item-Stink Bomb!
You have it!
By: Fearless Paw on February 15, 2009
at 4:05 am
I realized that many people didn’t really understand the guide. I’m not going to post one, but I made a short Q and A on it.
Q: Where are the comic peices located?
A:
1. On the far right telephone pole;
2. In Pop-In-Shoppe, Green Couch, Upper Floor;
3. In the Science Lab, on the globe;
4. At the playground climbing wall, or floating around it;
5. On top of the lighthouse, on Puffin Point;
6.In ‘Say Cheese’, on top of the light;
7.Outside the school, near the wooden scffolding;
8.On a speaker inside th school.
Q: How do I get the stink bomb?
A:
Go to the science lab. On the table, you will find a boiler and test tube rack. Click on either, and a screen will open up.
On the left of the screen, there will be three test tubes with blue,red, and yellow liquid. On the right, there will be a boiler. Here are the steps to making a stink bomb:
1.Turn the boiler heat to 4.
2.Fill the bottle halfway with blue liquid.
3.Pick up the yellow liquid and keep filling the bottle until your mouse becomes a swirl. The test tube screen should disappear.
4. Nate should say ” A stink bomb! That’s real science!”, and you should recieve an item-Stink Bomb!
Q: How do I get rid of the seagull above the school?
A:
Climb up to where Mr. Rosa is standing. If you look to the left, you’ll notice a paper fluttering in the wind. This is not a comic; once you aquire it, it will be labeled “Old Photogragh”.
Go to Main St. and enter ‘Say Cheese’ ans speak wit the photgrapher. He will trade you the photograph for diving suit.
Return to Puffin Point, to where the jet-skis are. Click “Dive” and you’ll be underwater.
Swim to the far right and then swin to the ocean bottom. Beware of the the bubbles, they’ll raise you to the surface, making you lose oxygen!
On the bottom, grab the lobster trap. then wait ’till you’re oxygen is out:it will teleport you to the exit, and you won’t lose the trap. Get out and speak with Cap’n Salty, and he will give you jet-ski keys and a lobster.
Go up to the top of the lighthouse (Where Mr. Rosa is,) and click “use” on the lobster inventory card. He will make the light turn, scaring away the seagull!
Q: After I find the bell clapper and the girls leave, what do I do?
A: Go in to the tree house and play “Go To Jail” or “Hangman” and win. Nate will give you expired peanut butter crackers. Go to where the girls were standing and click “use” on the inventory card. Spitsy will come and dig, and your screen should be replaced with a hole and a box in it- the time capsule! Pull it out with your mouse, and it will open.
This completes my Q and A. If you have any more questions, post them below, and I’ll answer them!
Codien: This will be quite useful for people who can’t read guides.
Thanks.
By: Fearless Paw on February 15, 2009
at 4:45 am
the bell clapper is missing where did they put it so i can fiind it
By: noelle on June 5, 2010
at 4:53 am
it is in the basement in the school but u need to go to detention first n use the stink bomb!
By: laura on June 29, 2010
at 4:50 am
I thought up a few more questions that people might have. Here they are:
Q: How do I obtain a diving suit?
A: Go to Puffin Point. Once there, climb up to the platform where Mr. Rosa is painting. If you go to the far left of the platform, you’ll see a paper that looks like a comic piece. Jump out to grab it. It should be labeled “Old Photogragh”.
Go to Main St. and enter “Say Cheese”. Speak with the photograher and he will trade you the picture for a diving suit.
Q: I click “Ride” on the jet-skis but my character says “I don’t have the keys”. How do i get the keys?
A: Get the diving suit (If you don’t know how, see the above question.) and click “Dive” at Puffin Point. You go underwater. Swim to the far right and down. Beware of the bubbles;they will take you to the surface, making you lose oxygen!
At the bottom, you will see an item-lobster trap. jump on it. Then you wait ’till you’re out of oxygen-it will teleport you to the top, but you won’t lose the trap.
Once outside, speak with Cap’n Salty, and he’ll give you two items-one of which is the keys.
By: Fearless Paw on February 15, 2009
at 8:49 am
Q: How do you use the stale gum?
A: You chew it in the school by the detention room. then You use the stink bomb to make the teacher leave the room and go down the serect pasage way inthe file drawer. Then get the get the bell clapper located on a hook in the secret room on the cealing.
By: hannah23991 on February 15, 2009
at 10:52 am
Thanks a lot Fearless Paw!
By: Director Lion ( Gentle Lion) on February 15, 2009
at 11:06 am
I finished big nate island!
By: Creepy Penguin on February 15, 2009
at 1:08 pm
Awesome, Creepy Penguin!
By: Cheerful Knuckle on February 27, 2009
at 11:18 am
I created a stink bomb but didn’t save my game and now I need to create a stink bomb again but the game will not let me. How can I create a stink bomb again?
Thanks.
Scary Tomato: Try re-doing that part of the quest. See if you can make another stink bomb at the science lab.
By: energy field on February 15, 2009
at 10:07 pm
Director Lion (Gentle Lion): My Pleasure!:wink:
By: Fearless Paw on February 15, 2009
at 11:41 pm
Well, it is like this: :-w-i-n-k-:
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anyway, BIG NATE is SO easy! PHB also rocks!! I LOVE THIS BLOG!! I am sorry I am posting all capitals but you guys are SO helpful!!
By: Erlinda10 on June 8, 2009
at 5:16 am
hannah23991:
Thanks for providing the question and answer for one I didn’t write!
I’m going to write a new Q and A, for anyone that has questions!:grin:
By: Fearless Paw on February 16, 2009
at 12:52 am
As I promised,
Another Q and A!
Q: How do I get the gum/How do I use the gum?
A: First, you have to get the comic pieces from various locations on Big Nate island. If you don’t know these loctions, read the first question and answer on Comment # 6.
When you have all the comic pieces, go to Main St. and enter Klassic Comix. Speak with the bookseller, and he will give you a reward. This reward is “Bubble Gum”.
Go back to the school. Make sure you have a stink bomb. If you don’t know how to get a stink bomb, read Q and A #2 on Comment 6.
After you have a stink bomb, click “USE” anywhere inside the school. Mrs. Godfrey should make you come over, and you will enter the detention room.
Q: I’m in the detention room, but whenever I go to open the cabinet, I can’t pass Mrs. Godfrey. What do I do?
A: Make sure you’ve done everything in the last question and answer, including having a stink bomb. Once you’ve done all that, open your inventory and click “USE”. Mrs. Godfrey should run away from the smell, and you should be able to pass.
If I think up more questions, but for now, I have to go. Hope this helps!
By: Fearless Paw on February 16, 2009
at 1:04 am
Thanks Fearless Paw!
Thanking you so much,
Angry Leopard
By: Angry Leopard on February 16, 2009
at 5:39 pm
Once again, Angry Leopard,
My Pleaseure!:wink:
By: Fearless Paw on February 16, 2009
at 11:16 pm
Thank you so much:)!This website is great!
By: ANNA on February 22, 2009
at 1:57 am
Please explain what the planet mobile is!
Scary Tomato: It’s the decoration in the science lab on Big Nate Island with planets on it.
By: Cheerful Knuckle on February 25, 2009
at 9:59 am
Thanks a lot, Scary Tomato!
By: Cheerful Knuckle on February 27, 2009
at 11:15 am
Q: Why does my poptropican says, “I have no reason to go out to the open seas right now” when I have the keys?
A: Go up to the light house and you will see Mr Rosa and a telescope.Click it, move right and you will see a map under a flat rock. I am sure you can get into the jetski now!
By: Angry Leopard on February 27, 2009
at 3:13 pm
I just noticed 2day that the creators updated stuff on Big Nate. This is what they did:
They cleared a space between Say Cheese and the way to the school. Probably its for ads!
When u open Big Nates locker, u stand in front of it when it opens. Then all the stuff shoots out and knocks u 2 the ground!
By: shaggy tornado on March 8, 2009
at 11:02 am
It’s true! although there already was a space and yes, i noticed the locker 2
By: Magic Storm on May 8, 2009
at 5:30 pm
I did not hit the “Quit and Save” button after I had made the stink bomb. Then when I logged back on the stink bomb was gone.What should I do?
Scary Tomato: Go back to the science lab and make it again, and remember to press “Save and Quit” when you’re done.
By: Mr. Bill on March 14, 2009
at 4:14 am
I went into the detention room and got the teacher out, but whenever I go to the filing cabinet it doesn’t do anything. Any possible reason as to why this is happening?
Scary Tomato: You need to unlock Nate’s locker first, and take the school blueprints so your character knows why you are trying to go down the filing cabinet.
By: Fried Donuts on March 15, 2009
at 7:43 am
i cant wait 2 find out what kind of dog spitsy is!
*cricket chirps*
um… im talking about the newest big nate comic.
Anyway, do u think that because this island is out, the creators will stop posting comics? if they do stop, AG!
By: Neat Whale on April 22, 2009
at 11:15 pm
fearless paw you rock! your q and a realy helped me! you rock by the way!
By: moomoo on May 18, 2009
at 11:23 pm
You can write on the chalkboard in Klassic Komix! I just discovered it!
By: shaggy tornado on June 18, 2009
at 7:30 am
I also discovered a typo. in the secret room in detention, when u clik on Artur and the first choice, he says “I was looking for time capsule” instead of “I was looking for THE time capsule”
By: shaggy tornado on June 24, 2009
at 8:56 am
Artur doesn’t know english;that’s why he talks funny.
By: cool lightning on August 28, 2009
at 12:51 pm
I love big nate its so fun!!!!!
By: poptropfan on July 29, 2009
at 11:38 pm
This website is so helpful! Thanks you guys!
By: Silver Cloud on September 13, 2009
at 1:04 am
this site really helped me thanks!!!!!
By: blublytub on November 3, 2009
at 6:51 pm
NO WAY I CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS SITE HELPED ME SSSSSSOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
By: monita on November 21, 2009
at 11:52 am
I love this website and it reaally helped me out.
By: Jagged Pillow on December 28, 2009
at 11:18 pm
I LOVE this island! I was stuck on it for a while, then thought, maybe you need to use the lobster as a wrench? It was crazy, but it worked! LOL
By: Zany Dragon on April 24, 2010
at 9:01 pm
thanks
By: xzmn2 on April 27, 2010
at 6:27 pm
This website is SO HELPFUL! I would have never completed some of the islands without this website.
thnx!
By: Popular Mosquito on May 3, 2010
at 6:26 am
This is so cool thnx so much you have made my life and 100 credits thnx I owe you big time!!
Later
Cheese
By: Cheese on May 29, 2010
at 4:38 pm
thanx u helped me big time!!!!!!
By: Fearless star on June 17, 2010
at 4:01 pm
I accidentaly went out of the detention room. How do I get back in??D:
Hijuyo: Go inside the school and re-enter the room through the door on the left.
By: Mikayla on December 23, 2010
at 11:25 am
UGH ! ! !
I got past the cranky old teacher at detention and went down in the Filing cabinet and got the bell clapper but I don’t know how to get the crazy seagull to leave me alone! What do I do?
Please Help!!!!
Thank You,
The Definition of Awesome
Hijuyo: If you scroll up to the top of this page you will notice it is a hub for Big Nate help guides – a written walkthrough, videos, even a map. Choose one (I recommend the written one), read/watch it, and it should explain it.
By: The Definition of Awesome on June 24, 2011
at 10:49 am
Wow Thanks
Jerk!!!!That just means you don’t know the Answer :p
Lol . . .
Just Kidding
Thanks for the advice though
Hijuyo: Um, hello, I helped write that guide so I would know the answer. All I’m saying is, USE THE GUIDE. That’s what it’s there for. It’s just surprising how people can find the comment box yet not be able to see that the guide is just a click away. With that said, best of luck on completing Big Nate Island.
By: The Definition of Awesome on June 25, 2011
at 7:13 am
how do you get the capsul out of the ground
Hijuyo: Click and drag with the mouse to the capsule.
By: mallory on July 6, 2011
at 10:40 pm
i’ve collected all the pieces of paper but how do i give it to the guy and get the gum????????????
Scary Tomato: Click on the guy inside Klassic Komix to talk to him. He’ll let you keep the comic (make sure you have pieced it together first) and give you the gum.
By: shiny chicken on March 7, 2009
at 12:30 pm
Scary Tomato i see most of the account and saw Nate pratical jokes in the Items. where do you get it??
Helpless,
Angry Leopard
By: Angry Leopard on March 16, 2009
at 10:41 am
U get it when you win Table Football in the clubhouse.
By: shaggy tornado on March 16, 2009
at 11:09 am